Union-pajamas.



P. A. LUCKETT.

UNION PAJAMAS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 13. I916.

Patented May 28,1918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

P. A. LUCKETT UNIION PAJAMAS.

APPLICATION. FILED NOV. 13. 1916.

Patented May 28, 1918 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2..

PHILIP A. LUGKET'I', OF SALISBURY,

UNION-PAJ'AMAS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 28, 1918.

Application filed November 13, 1916. Serial No. 131,047.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP A. LUGKETI', a citizen of the United States, residin at Salisbury, in the county of Wicomico, tate of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Union-Pajamas;

and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to union suits and has special reference to a union ajama suit embodying a drop seat and a cl dsed crotch trouser or lower section combinedin a unitary structure with a waist or upper section, the whole being so arranged as to prevent any undesired exposure of the person wearin the suit.

I have found by experience that such union suit constructions as are embodied in the patent granted to me Oct. 12, 1915, and bearing the Number 1,156,301 are inapplicable for use in the construction of pajamas by reason of the fact that a pajama suit forms practically an outer garment and in consequence must be constructed in such manner as to be closed throughout, no matter what movement 01' position the wearer may make or assume.

I have also found that many of the features which are desirable in union undergarments are equally desirable in union pajamas. For instance, it is desirable that the lower or bottom edge of the back of the waist member extend diagonally across the body from one side thereof to the other, but,

in contradistinction to undergarments this diagonal bottom edge must have its lower corner fixed and the drop flap must not have its opening extend below this lower corner of the bottom edge as otherwise exposure of the person would result. The diagonal arrangement of the bottom edge prevents the rumpling up of the back bottom through the movements of the wearer when asleep and in this manner prevents the uncomfortable collection of the material in ridges or folds.

It is furthermore to be noted that, while in undergarments such as that disclosed in my prior patent above identified no objection exists to the occurrence 'of a slit down one side of the garment leg, yet in pajama suits such a slit would be objectionable on account of the undesirable exposure afforded thereby.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a union pajama suit which will have all of the advantages incident to such a construction as isembodied in my prior patent aforesaid and at the same time will eliminate such features of that type of suit objectionable in a pajama suit and will afi'ord complete protection to the person of the wearer against undesirable exposure.

With the above and other objects in view,

as will be hereinafter apparent the invention consists in general ofcertain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and specifically Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 with the seat flap open.

Fig. 4 is a view of the back waist piece as constructed in two parts.

Fig. 5 'is a section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6- 6 of Fig. 4:.

In the embodiment of the invention herein illustrated it is to be noted that the garment disclosed is of a type having the arms and legs of the length usual in what are known as athletic garments, that is to say about elbow and knee length respectively. It will be obvious, however, that these lengths are purely arbitrary and that the arms and legs may be made of any desired length withoutafi'ecting those parts of the suit wherein the invention is directly embodied.

' In these drawings it will be seen that, in the form illustrated my improved garment is made u in diiferent. sections, the sections A an B being the front sections and each extending from the neck and shoulder to the bottom of the leg. At 0 is shown the back section while at D are the arm sections and at E-are the two back leg sections. The back section 0 may either be made integral and provided with a reinforcing band 10 at the waist line or it may be made in two parts,

an upper part 11 and a lower part 12 con- 'nected at the waist line and reinforced by a band 13.

The upper parts of the sections A and B are connected together by suitable buttons and buttonholes, indicated at let while at the crotch or" the garment these sections are stitching 17 which runs from the crotch to the waist band 18. These lower back leg members are connected to the front members along the outside of the leg by stitching 18 on one side and 19 on the other, being noted that the stitching 18 extends from the waist band to the bottom of the leg while the stitching 19 extends only from the bottom of the leg to a point indicated at 20, thus leaving one side free from the leg in order to make a drop flap 21. lhe rear part of the waist band is stitched to the reinforcing band a short'distance across the back from the seam 19 as indicated at 22 and the free portion or the waist band 18 and back leg member from the point 20 is detachably con- 7 nected to the front leg member and reinforcing band as by buttons and buttonholes 23.

Unless provision was made this construction would leave a gap or slit along the outside of one leg from the point 20 to the waist band, but in order to eliminate this gap and prevent exposure of the erson the back member is carried down be ow the waist on the side opposite the gap, as to a point 24 and the lower edge of the back extends diagonally downward across the entire width of the back to the point 20, the lower or bottom edge being indicated at 25 and having a re versibly curved form so as to provide a bottom flap portion 26 extending down from the waist band and a rear leg portion 27 extending inward behind the leg from the side seam and being connected to the front member by stitching 28. This provides a portion over which the drop flap laps to a substantial extent so that no gaps or slits giving exposure oi" the person obtain along the leg.

For the purpose oi tightening the garrecast"? waist-line, two overlying back members each of which extends from one side seam of the garment to the other, the lower member consisting of a blank having an upper edge coextensive with the waist-line, a side edge along one side seam extending to a point near the lower end of the corresponding leg and connected thereto-at the side seam only, a comparatively short side edge along the opposite side seam, and a lower edge determined by. an irregular curve extending from the lower end of the short edge to the lower end of the long edge and defining a hollowed out portion across the middle of the garment, and the uppervmember consisting of a blank substantially coextensive with the back of the garment below the waist-line and having that vertical edge corresponding to the short edge of the lower member, fastened throughout the length or the side seam, its upper edge attached along the waist-line to permanently overlie for a short distance the short portion of the lower memher and its opposite vertical edge secured from the lower end of the long edge of the lower member to the lower end of the leg, the remainder of the upper blank constitutin an upwardly closing portion which wi cover said hollowed out portion and provide double folds of the garment around the edges of the latter opposite all oints where the upper member is unattache In testimony whereof, l afix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

PHlLlP A. LUGKETT.

Witnesses:

ALONZUS. din, loner "W, LT mix. 

